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July 8, 2008 Andy Taylor1 CommentUncategorized

Pogo Browser from AT & T

http://www.pogobrowser.com

So today I was “sifting” through my many emails that I receive in my Outlook and I came across an email called “invite” and “pogo”… I opened it up only to find out that I remember a while back that I had submitted my email for an invitation to “beta test” this new browser by AT&T. I was excited to say the least… I thought, “Will there be some competition with a new browser?” Let’s see and find out.

So, I went through the “invite” steps and downloaded the new browser. I’ll I have to say so far is “WOW!” Well, I’m obviously going to say more… but “WOW!” Just from the few minutes I spent looking around in the browser, I was quite impressed. But hey, I’m easily impressed by new technology anyway.

The browser looks similar to “Firefox” but it’s different in many ways. The first thing I like about the browser is that it has this “strip” at the bottom called, “The Dock”. On the dock you can open several different websites… you can view up to 12 but it has back and forth arrows that you can scroll through if you have more than 12 websites you are looking at one time and you can “toggle” between those sites. Right now I have the “blogger” site opened, as well as the Pogo Browser site and I am toggling between the two to get some information and then type in the blogger.

When you close the browser and open it again, the websites on “The Dock” that you previous had are not open anymore. However, you can save all the sites you were looking at by adding them to Pogo’s “Springboard”. By clicking one button, you can look at all the websites on your “springboard” and pick the one you want to visit. I remember Google having a similar feature, but cannot remember what it’s called.

Pogo has a few “3-D” features built in… one being “Bookmarking”. You can create what is called “Collections” and in these collections you can categorize your bookmarks. When you go into the bookmarking section, the different collections pop up as “3-D”. You can scroll through them with your mouse or with the up and down arrows they have on the page. For example, if you create a collection called “Technology”, you can store all the technology sites that you visit in this one collection, choose the collection and then choose which site you want to go to by double clicking on it.

The other “3-D” feature built in has to do with your browsing “History”… one button pulls up all your browsing history for the day and it’s viewed in “3-D”. You can delete certain websites you’ve visited, you can set a time period of browsing history from a certain date to a certain date. The browsing history even types out the URL of the website you visited.

I have yet to look around at some more features of the Pogo Browser, like the Pogo Fabulous Find or Pogo’s Search Player but I like what I see so far. My recommendation one the browser launches is to see for yourself what it can do and what capabilities it has. For me, I like it so far!

One downfall that I did notice is that it’s a “memory hog!” Way more than IE7. But for me, what isn’t when you have a 5-year-old computer that needs more memory! LOL. You definitely have to have over 256MB of VRAM for this browser.

And what I’m reading, the reviews on the browser have not been so great BUT to each his own. Test it out for yourself and let me know what you think!

June 28, 2008 S!ickLeave a commentUncategorized

how to link files and programs

During our radio show, Vincent called asking how to associate files with programs…

How to change which program starts when you double-click a file in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307859

1. Open My Computer or Windows Explorer, right-click a file for which you want to change the program that opens that file type, and then use either of the following methods to change which program starts:
• Click Open With to choose the program that you want.
• Point to Open With, and then click Choose Program to choose the program that you want.
2. Notice that theOpen With dialog box appears. Use one of the following methods to select the program that you want to use to open this kind of file:
• In the Programs list, click the program that you want.
• Click Browse, locate and then click the program that you want to use, and then click OK.
• Click Look for the appropriate program on the Web to browse the Internet for the program that you want.
3. Click to select the Always use the selected program to open this kind of file check box if it is not already selected.
4. Click OK.

From now on, Windows XP will open all files that have this file name extension in the associated program. (To change this, follow these steps again and associate a different program with this file name extension.)

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This article contains more information about how to create file associations for a file types that are not associated with a program…

June 28, 2008 S!ickLeave a commentUncategorized

enable scrolling of All Programs

Tom called during our radio show and asked how to scroll the list of programs in his All Programs menu…

You Cannot See the Full All Programs List Because the List Extends Off the Screen
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/812445

1. On the taskbar, right-click Start, and then select Properties.
2. Click the Start Menu tab, and then click Customize.
3. In the Customize Start Menu dialog box, click the Advanced tab.
4. Under Start menu items, click to select the Scroll Programs check box.

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June 27, 2008 S!ickLeave a commentUncategorized

how to copy AOL files

On our radio show, we have talked about how to copy and backup AOL files…

I’m using AOL 9 on a Toshiba Satellite A105-S4034 that has Microsoft Windows XP and 2 GB RAM installed, because when I had the AOL Desktop installed it seemed to slow the system.

When using AOL version 9, I found I cannot use my AIM and myAddress accounts with it.

Below is some information I found at http://help.aol.com…

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For all versions of AOL 9, you can access your personal storage folders by going to your Mailbox and then by clicking the Manage Mail tab.

Note: You must be signed off of the AOL service in order to back up your Filing Cabinet.

To back up the contents of your Saved on My PC (Filing Cabinet) folder (all versions of AOL 9):
1. Click the Mail menu, then click Mail Settings.
2. In the Mail Settings window, click the Manage Saved Mail button, and then click Backup.
3. In the Backup Your Filing Cabinet window, click the Backup Now button.
4. Click the Save button.

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If you are running the AOL Desktop software, you can import the Personal Filing Cabinet (PFC) from an earlier version of the AOL software…

(FROM SLICK: Warning…I have never been able to complete the following instructions…the “Import AOL Filing Cabinet” option has never been available…it has always been “grayed-out”…all of my attempts have failed.)

You can import a copy of your Personal Filing Cabinet from AOL 9 into the AOL Desktop software.
1. Launch the AOL Desktop software.
2. On the AOL Toolbar, click the Mail icon, if required sign in with your AOL screen name and password.
3. On Mail window, click the Settings menu, then click Import AOL Filing Cabinet.
4. Click the Continue button.
5. Click the OK button.

In AOL Desktop software you can access your personal storage folders by clicking the Mail icon on the AOL toolbar, then click the On My PC option, and then select the folder you wish to see.

Notes: On your AOL Desktop software, all your mails are stored in a common file, the path to that file is:
For Windows XP, it is C:\Documents and Settings\xxxxx\Local Settings\Application Data\AOL\UserProfiles\1151515100 (this number can change from computer to computer) \xxxxx.mail\cls.
For Windows Vista, it is C:\Users\yyyyyy\AppData\Local\AOL\UserProfiles\1196358243 (this number can change from computer to computer) \xxxxx.mail\cls.
In the above mentioned paths, xxxxx stands for your screen name and yyyyyy is your Windows user name in your computer.

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Manually backup and transfer your Personal Filing Cabinet on AOL Desktop

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June 24, 2008 S!ickLeave a commentUncategorized

Buh-bye, Boost

July 1, Virgin Mobile USA will launch a new $79.99 per month unlimited prepaid plan.

I noticed they also have a “pay as you go with roll forward” plan: “As long as you buy another Minute Pack within 30 days, any unused minutes will roll forward for the next 30 days (up to 5000 minutes). If you don’t purchase another Minute Pack within 30 days, your unused minutes will expire at the end of the 30 days.” For $20 per month, you get 200 minutes with additional calls at $.10 per minute.

To that, you can add unlimted text and messaging (“pix, email, and IM”) for $20 per month.

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